The European Commission has offered a free trade agreement to Russia, in a bid to reach an overall deal with Moscow which should also secure the EU's future energy supplies.
Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso stated on Monday (3 July) upon a visit to the fresh Finnish EU presidency in Helsinki that "we propose to move towards a free trade area to be completed once Russia accedes to the WTO."
Mr Barroso's offer is part of a plan by Brussels to revamp political ties with the Ru...
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